Harvesting-machine.



No. 656,690. Patented Aug. 28, I900. H. BRACKEBUSH.

HARVESTING MACHINE.

(Application filed Mar. 20, 1900 (No Model.)

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HARVESTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 656,690, dated August28, 1900. A 1

Application filed March 20, 1900. Serial No. 9,427. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BRACKEBUSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Packwaukee, in the county of Marquette and State ofVisconsin, have invented a new and useful Harvesting-Machine, ofwhichthe following is a specification.

My invention is an improved harvestingmachine, the object of myinvention being to provide an improved corn-harvesting attachment whichis adapted to operate in connection with a harvesting and bindingmachine to adapt the same for also harvesting corn.

My invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination ofdevices hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a portionof a harvestinginachine provided with myimproved attach ment forharvesting corn. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same, taken on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the construction of my improved cornharvesting attachment forgrain-harvesting I machines a pair of rearward-diverging side frames 120have their front ends, which are appropriately spaced apart, providedwith forward diverging guide-arms 121, which engage the cornstalks fromopposite sides of the row and cause the same to be presented to theaction of the cutting mechanism 122. Said frames 120 are provided neartheir front ends with vertical supporting-arms 123, the lower ends ofwhich are bolted to an angleplate 124, which serves to connect themtogether and is adapted to be placed and supported on the front side ofthe frame 1 and bolted thereto, as at 125, thereby securing the frontends of frames 120 on said frame 1. A plate 126 is adapted to be boltedto the rear side of frame 1 and is provided with supporting flanges orcars 127, having vertical openings which receive both studs 128, thatextend downward from supporting-arms 129 at the rear ends of the frames120, and hence the rear ends of said frames are adapted to be secured toand readily detached from the frame 1. The plate 124 is provided on itsfront side with a horizontal flange 130, to-

which are bolted a series (two or more) of finger-bars 131, on whichreciprocate a cutpart of my present improvements.

fer-bar 132, provided with cutter-teeth 133. Said finger-bars,cutter-bar, and cutter-teeth are substantially like corresponding partsof the cutting mechanism usually employed on harvesters for wheat andthe like grains,"but are larger and more substantially built than suchcorresponding parts on said harvesting machines and are especiallyadapted for cut ting the stalks of corn. The cutter-bar 132 is providedat one end with an extended arm 134, which is supported inbrack'etguides 135 and is of appropriate length, and when my improvedcorn-harvesting attachment is secured on the frame of the harvester, asshown and hereinbefore described, the cutting mechanism of the harvesterhaving been removed the said arm 1341 of said cutter-bar 132 isconnected to the pitman 57, as shown in Fig. 1, and thereby the cuttingapparatus of the cornharvester is operated.

In the frame 120 which is nearest the grain end of the frame 1 aremounted a pair of vertical shafts 134: 135 provided, respec tively, withsprocket-wheels 136 137', which are connected together by an endlessfeedchain 138, one lead of which travels rearward on the inner side ofthe frame, and said endless chain is provided with projecting spurs 139,which are adapted to engage the cornstalks as the same are cut by thecutting mechanism and feed the same in the act of falling rearward, sothat the cornstalks fall transversely across the platform apron orconveyer 25. Said platform conveyer is carried by the rollers 26 27, thelatter being at the inner end thereof, and the shaft 28 of said rollerhaving at its rear end sprocket-wheels 34 35, the latter being engagedby an endless sprocket-chain, as shown, driven from a suitablecounter-shaft on the harvestingmachine,

which is not here shown, as the same is no It will be observed byreference to Fig. 2 that the frames 120 are supported at such a heightabove the platform conveyer thatthey clear the corn delivered onto theplatform conveyer and afford no obstruction thereto and that as the cornfalls upon the platform conveyer the latter sweeps it from under theframes 7 and carries it to the elevator conveyer or apron, from whencethe corn is delivered onto the grain-deck and the binding mechanism.

On the upper end of the shaft 135 is a mitergear 140, which engages asimilar gear 141 on a shaft 142, which is journaled in bearingstandards143, which are bolted on the frame 120 nearest the grain end of frame 1.Said shaft 142 has at its rear end a sprocket-wheel 14 1, which isdriven by an endless sprocketchain 145 from the sprocket-wheel 34: onshaft 27, and hence the feed-chain 138 is actuated by the mechanismwhich operates the con veyer-apron.

The frame 120 which is nearest the grain end of frame 1 is connectedthereto by suitable bolt-rods 146, which serve to brace said frame andcontribute to the stability of the fastenings of the corn-harvestingattachment.

When the eorn-harvestin g attachment is in use, a small reel 147is used,said reel 147 being disposed directly in advance of the cornharvestingattachment and having an extended shaft 148, which is supported androtated by the usual means employed to support and rotate the reel-shaftin a machine of this class, said reel-shaft supporting and operatingmeans being, no part of my present improvements.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A corn-harvestingattachment for harvesting-machines of the class designed for harvestingwheat and the like grain, said cornharvesting attachment comprising apair of rearward-diverging frames having forwarddiverging guide-arms attheir proximate front ends, a plate connecting the front portion of saidframes and adapted to be secured on the front side of the platform-frameof the harvester, a cutting mechanism carried by said plate, saidcutting mechanism being adapted to be connected to and actuated by thepitman of the harvester, a plate connecting the rear portion of theharvester attachment frames, said plate being adapted to be secured tothe rear side of the harvester-platform frame, an endless travelingfeed-chain and operating mechanism therefor, carried by one of theframes of said corn-harvesting attachment and an operatingshaft for saidendless traveling feed-chain, said shaft being mounted on said frame andadapted to be connected to and receive power from a shaft of theharvester, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY BRAOKEBUSH.

WVitnesses:

JAMEs DUFF, F. J. DODGE.

